On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Jon Zeppieri <zeppi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You
> can carry around a bucket that says "5 years, 3 weeks, and 40 hours,"
> but the precise number of seconds inside the bucket is indeterminate
> until you pour it over a date-provider. (No, not a great metaphor.)

I have a feeling I'm going to regret this :), but why can't you know
the precise number of seconds in that case? Is it because of leap
years? Would 3 weeks and 40 hours always be a precise number of
seconds?

Robby

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